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Member Symposium

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

Empowering Resilience: Protecting Food Security and Native Ecosystems from Invasives with Entomology

Wednesday, November 13, 2024
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM MST
Location: Phoenix Convention Center, 131 C, PCC

    Organizer(s)

  • Hailey Shanovich

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    USGS Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
    United States Geological Survey
    Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Naomy Candelaria (she/her/hers)

    Graduate student
    Department of Horticulture and Entomology
    USDA-NIS
    San Juan, Puerto Rico

Invasive insect pests in both US food production and native ecosystems continue to increase with global trade and the accidental introduction of pests to the country. The goal of this symposium is to highlight cutting-edge, broad-reaching invasive insect research in the US public sectors of both academia and government.

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM MST
    Introductory remarks

    Presenting Author: Hailey N. Shanovich – United States Geological Survey

  • 1:35 PM – 2:00 PM MST
    Multidisciplinary research strategies to address and manage emerging and native invasive insect pests of US agriculture and landscapes

    Presenting Author: Dawn Gundersen-Rindal (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  • 2:00 PM – 2:25 PM MST
    Identifying genetic differentiation among sorghum aphids (Melanaphis sorghi) and where we go from here

    Presenting Author: Jocelyn Holt – Rice University

  • 2:25 PM – 2:35 PM MST
    Break
  • 2:35 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Protecting urban and forest trees with impact predictions: The i-Tree Pest Predictor Tool

    Presenting Author: Kathryn Thomas – U.S. Geological Survey

  • 3:00 PM – 3:25 PM MST
    Unveiling potential invasive species in two hyperdiverse beetle groups: 10 years of weevil and Agrilus systematics research

    Presenting Author: Lourdes Chamorro – USDA

    Co-author: Kojun Kanda – USDA-APHIS

    Co-author: Grey Gustafson (he/him/his) – Northern Arizona University

    Co-author: Diego Souza – Field Museum

    Co-author: Duane D. McKenna – University of Memphis

    Co-author: Bruno A S de Medeiros, Ph.D. – Field Museum

  • 3:25 PM – 3:30 PM MST
    Closing remarks

    Presenting Author: Hailey N. Shanovich – United States Geological Survey